Who oversees the Fund?
CICRF receives monies through an annual allotment of $1 for each employee
whose wages are counted as part of employer contributions for unemployment
health insurance. The State Treasury manages the Fund.
The Fund is administered by the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief
Fund Commission, an independent, multidisciplinary Commission. Members
from the public and private sectors are recommended by the Office of
the Attorney General and the Governor's Office. Final appointments are
made by the Governor. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health
provides staff support to the Commission. The Commission is the final
authority on decisions regarding expenditures from the Fund.
Reconsideration of Commission Decisions (PDF) |
RTF
The Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief
Fund Commission
Joshua Greenberg, JD, Co-Chairperson
Patricia Roche, MEd, JD, Co-Chairperson
Public
Members
Laurie Glader, MD
Karen Hacker, MD MPH
Marcia Huttner, MLS
Donna Nimec, MD
Deborah Cotter, AFL-CIO Representative
State Agency Ex-Officio Members
Timothy Cahill
Treasurer and Receiver General
Department of State Treasurer
JudyAnn Bigby, MD
Secretary
Executive Office of Health & Human Services
John Auerbach
Commissioner
Department of Public Health
Nonnie S. Burnes
Commissioner
Division of Insurance
Comment
on the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund or the
Children and Youth with Special Health
Needs Program in Massachusetts
